Date of Award
Spring 5-11-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Psychology
College
College of Science
First Advisor
Dr. Matthew S. Murphy
Second Advisor
Dr. Louis E. Keiner
Abstract/Description
The social facilitation effect is a phenomenon frequently discussed in the subfield of social psychology. Some studies have examined the social facilitation or inhibition effects in nonhuman animals, though few have examined the effect of perceived audiences on their cognitive functioning. In order to study this effect, three different video stimuli were presented to one subject while solving a memorization discrimination task. It was hypothesized that the pigeon would learn a task at different rates based on the type of perceived audience presented. No significant results were found due to the fact that the subject was unable to learn the task to criterion.
Recommended Citation
Mueller, Peyton M. and Murphy, Matthew, "Effects of Perceived Audiences on Discrimination Learning in Pigeons ( Columbia livia )" (2019). Honors Theses. 330.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/honors-theses/330
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